High-quality epitaxial foils, obtained by a layer transfer process, for integration in back-contacted solar cells processed on glass

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1833-1836

  Van Nieuwenhuysen, Kris ^a   Gordon, Ivan ^a   Bearda, Twan ^a   Boulord, Caroline ^b   Debucquoy, Maarten ^a   Depauw, Valerie ^a   Dross, Frederic ^a   Govaerts, Jonathan ^a   Granata, Stefano ^a   Labie, Riet ^a   Loozen, Xavier ^a   Martini, Roberto ^a   O'Sullivan, Barry ^a   Radhakrishnan, Hariharsudan Sivaramakrishnan ^a   Baert, Kris ^a   Poortmans, Jef ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b Dow Corning SA Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epitaxy; Layer transfer; Porosification; Silicon; Solar cell; Thin foil

Indexed keywords

ARC DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; EFFECTIVE LIFETIME; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; GLASS CARRIER; HIGH QUALITY; LAYER TRANSFER; LAYER TRANSFER PROCESS; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; POROSIFICATION; POROUS SILICON LAYERS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REFERENCE WAFERS; SACRIFICIAL LAYER; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SILICON-BASED; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION; THIN FOIL; THIN LAYERS; WAFER SAWING; WET CHEMICALS;

GLASS; POROUS SILICON; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SILICONES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 84869409162     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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